Lateglacial climatic oscillations exerted profound impacts on the Meuse fluvial system. In Lower (southern Netherlands), geomorphological studies in last decades mainly centred vegetation evolution, channel pattern changes and river terrace formation. Little information has been reported about paleohydrology its relation with regional climate conditions. This study investigates a sediment core ...

Pelareh Dairy Industry (PDI) is located in the west of Iran. The aim of the present study was to assess the quality and quantity of PDI wastewater and compare the results with the regulations. PDI has a wastewater treatment plant that consists of sewage collection system, screening system, equalization tank, clarification tank, anaerobic system for pretreatment, activated sludge processing, dis...

To prevent Ebola transmission, frequent handwashing is recommended in Ebola Treatment Units and communities. However, little is known about which handwashing protocol is most efficacious. We evaluated six handwashing protocols (soap and water, alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS), and 0.05% sodium dichloroisocyanurate, high-test hypochlorite, and stabilized and non-stabilized sodium hypochlorite...

Typical load-bearing biological materials like bone, mineralized tendon and shell, are biocomposites made from both organic (collagen) and inorganic (biomineral) materials. This amazing class of materials with intrinsic internally designed hierarchical structures show superior mechanical properties with regard to their weak components from which they are formed. Extensive investigations concent...

In this paper, using parabolic mirrors, a solar field was designed, which was related to a storage tank for a residential complex in the city of Tafresh located in the center of Iran. The design was performed for the existing oils: VP1, THERMINOL 66, THERMINOL 59. Finally, considering an organic cycle with R123 as working fluid and assuming a minimum length required for oil flow rate to reach a...

In this study, the crack distribution and electromagnetic shielding characteristics of UHPFRCC before after cracking were evaluated according to fiber combinations. After evaluating mechanical electrical properties each combination, an test a non-cracked panel specimen was conducted. Subsequently, subjected monotonic load or repeated load. case with repetitive load, length, area, measured at st...

Climate change is one of the main problems that humanity currently facing due to carbon dioxide emissions caused by fossil fuel consumption. Organic Rankine cycles may play an important role in reducing these since they can use industrial waste heat or renewable energies. This study presents proposal and modeling organic cycle integrated into a double-effect absorption cooling system for simult...